'The disappointing verdict is sure to embolden militant people who seek to take the law into their own hands,' the Wisconsin State Journal's editorial board wrote.
"The disappointing verdict is sure to embolden militant people who seek to take the law into their own hands," the"It also could increase and complicate self-defense claims if more people carry—and use—firearms in the streets. That's a scary prospect."
During the trial, Rittenhouse argued he acted in self-defense when he shot Rosenbaum and Huber and injured Gaige Grosskreutz, who was struck in the bicep and wounded. Rittenhouse said he traveled to Kenosha to help protect local businesses that had been destroyed during the social unrest. "But Rittenhouse wasn't an innocent bystander, and some of his victims assumed he was an active shooter who needed to be stopped, prosecutors said. Rittenhouse was engaging passersby with his abrupt and threatening behavior," the editorial read.
The editorial board of the Wisconsin State Journal criticized the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, arguing in an editorial Saturday that the decision"wasn't the message Wisconsin or our nation needed to hear, even if the jury correctly followed the law." Above, Rittenhouse checks his cell phone as he waits with his attorneys for the judge to relieve the jury for the evening during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 18, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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